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Champions League Group Stage Draw 2026/’27
In the maelstrom of manic activity that punctuates the beginning of every soccer season, there’s always bound to be something which slips under the radar. Though the following might surprise some and leave others truly aghast, the draw for the group stages of the Champions League is one such item which usually falls into that…
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Selections for Roscommon – Aug. 31st 2026
4.50: JOGA BONITO (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 5.25: BULLET BOURBON – EW – (ROBERT WHEARTY/TOM MCCOURT) 5.55: MERISI DIAMOND – EW – (BILLY LEE/TOMMY COYLE) 6 25: HAZDAAN (CHRIS HAYES/ 6.55; ALMAZAAN (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 7.25: FARO ISLAND – EW – (GARY CARROLL/ANDY OLIVER) 7.55: CANON LAW (RORY CLEARY/BRENDAN DUKE)
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Selections for Downpatrick – Aug. 31st 2026
2.12: EURO AGENT (DANNY GILLIGAN/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.47: GRANLAHAN – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/ADO MCGUINNESS) 3.22: CODED WELDER (KEVIN HEALY (7)/CIAN COLLINS) 3 52: BRUANT – EW – (KEVIN SEXTON/TONY MARTIN) 4.29: ROBBIE’S ROCK (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.04: THE COBBLERS WIFE – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/TONY MULLINS) 5.39: RIGHT FOLKS PLEASE (KEVIN HEALY (7)/DECLAN QUEALLY)
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Whatever about attendances, circus acts are alive and well in other ways
By pure coincidence recently, I came across the bereavement notices of the leading lady of the Irish circus industry, Marion Faucett, and her male counterpart Tom Duffy, within a few days of each other. Now read on. . . Every one of us was surely brought to a circus at least once in our lifetime.…
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Selections for Cork – Aug. 30th 2026
1.50: DIAMONDS AND DAMES – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 2. 25: GLAMAZON – EW – (DARAGH O’SULLIVAN (7)/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 3.00: BENEVENTO (BILLY LEE/ROBSON DE AGUIAR) 3.30: DANCING SAXON (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.05: SARAHMAE – EW – (JOEY SHERIDAN/DENIS HOGAN) 4.40: GRAND CUVEE (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/FOZZY STACK) 5.15: ARCH ENEMY – EW – (SAM COEN (5)/PADDY…
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Selections for Curragh – Aug. 29th 2026
1.18:
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Are there rebellious rumblings by the Lee?
Team management has changed beyond recognition since the days of Sean (Boylan) with Meath or Billy Morgan in Cork and ‘Babs’ Keating’s reign over Tipperary. There are few if any capable of embarking on stints of the longevity of those like Kieran McGeeney or Mickey Harte or John Kiely. Even allowing for that, though, the…
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Selections for Down Royal – Aug. 28th 2026
4.30: NICKY LARSON (SEAN FLANAGAN/PAUL NOLAN) 5.05: COSMIC FRONT (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.37: DAIRY FORCE – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 6.12: WACKESTONE (JOSH HALFORD (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 6.47: CLAY PIGEONS (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 7.22: FIRE CORAL – EW – (MICHAEL KENNEALLY (5)/SAM CURLING) 7.56: HILLY FILLY (LEE SHANNAHAN (7)/ROSS O’SULLIVAN)
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Selections for Wexford – Aug. 28th 2026
3.40: GAME POINT (PADDY CODY (4*)/RAY CODY) 4.15: THE TOOTHPICKER – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/KEN BUDDS) 4.50: MAHLERS BEST – EW – (ALEX HARVEY/PAT FOLEY) 5.25: CHOSEN PRINCESS – EW – (EOIN WALSH/JOHN BURKE) 5.57: CLODY DIAMOND (RICHIE DEEGAN/PAUL NOLAN) 6.32: LE COQ HARDI (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 7.07: CATALANI (BARRY STONE (7)/JACK FOLEY) 7.38:…
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English League Cup Round 3 Draw
Caraboa Cup holders Manchester City will face Norwich City of the Championship in the first defence of the title they annexed last March. Their cross city rivals United will take on a Brighton side who have caused those currently under the direction of Michael Carrick more problems than a lot of others over the years.…
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